Tag: Björk

We have 6 lovely recommendations for you this week. Who Built The Moon? is the eagerly anticipated new album from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, two years in the making and featuring guest appearances from Paul Weller and Johnny Marr. Said to be inspired as much by French psychedelic pop as it was classic electro,…

Pre-sale of the week is Utopia by Björk, out on 24 November. Utopia is the ninth studio album from the iconic artist Björk. Talking about the album this summer, she explained that: “Maybe that’s why it became a utopian theme – if we’re gonna survive not only my personal drama but also the sort of…

First up of our recommended new releases for 15 July is Aaron Neville, who celebrates his 75th birthday with Apache, an album of impeccable soul. David Corley’s Lights Out was written after he suffered a massive heart attack on stage and, as you would expect, it’s a beautiful exploration of death and illness. Jeff Beck…

6 November sees a re-recording of the seminal songs from Natalie Merchant’s Tigerlily called Paradise is There, Billy Gibbons graces us with his first solo effort which has, of all things, a distinctive Latin American feel to it, shoegaze legends Ride return with a re-release of the genre creating album Nowhere, including extra tracks, Björk…

The new release of the week doesn’t yet have a vinyl edition but don’t let that put you off: it’s the extraordinary and moving Down to Believing by Allison Moorer. Born out of the twin disasters of her husband leaving her and learning of her son’s autism, this really is a career high and it…